Ranking for your name vanity or sanity?

Posted by David Whitehouse

My colleague, James Slater, and I were debating over whether trying to rank for your name is a necessity or if it is purely vanity. Dave Naylor has previously told me trying to rank for my name is vanity, but I distinctly remember him looking to see if I ranked for my own name in Google when I came to Bronco and begged for a job! Plus I know full well that Dave’s name is a distinctive brand – well known in the SEO World.

I’m currently #2 for David Whitehouse, and I desperately want the #1 slot – in my opinion Google shouldn’t ever give that to me unless I become more famous than the other David Whitehouse, but I reckon if I keep on getting linked to from the SEO community I am bound to secure it.

Damn that guy above me

Damn that guy above me

In my opinion, in the SEO community, if you are applying for a job as an SEO and you don’t rank #1 for your name, then that looks pretty bad on your part, surely?

So have any of you been guilty of trying to rank for your name? Who ranks #1 for their name?

SEM Training Advert – FAIL

Posted by David Whitehouse

I’m not sure how long Search Engine Strategies have had this running, but I don’t think it gives the best impression (looks like they messed up the dynamic keyword insertion):

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